An in-depth look at the Viking settlers from Norway who arrived on the Wirral peninsula. 1100 years ago a group of Viking settlers from Norway arrived somewhere between Vestri-Kirkjubur (West Kirby) and Melr (Meols) on the shores of north Wirral - a small peninsula lying between the Rivers Dee and Mersey - having been driven out of Ireland. This initiated a mass migration of their fellow countrymen into the area and soon they had established a community with a clearly defined border, its own leader, its own language, a trading port, and at its center a place of assembly or government - the Thing at Thingvollr (Thingwall). This community was answerable to nobody else: the English, the Welsh, the Dublin Norse, the Isle of Man, Iceland, and not even Norway. The Wirral Norse settlement therefore satisfied all the criteria of an independent, self-governing Viking State - albeit a mini one! This book, written by Wirral-exile and scientist Steve Harding, is about these people, why they left Norway, where they settled, their religion, their pastimes - such as horse-racing at Irby and rock-climbing at Wallasey - and the legends that have been attributed to them. Wirral was also probably witness to one of the greatest battles in the history of the British Isles - Brunanburh.
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Stephen Harding was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford receiving a DSc. He was an Ernest Oppenheimer Fellow at Cambridge and is now Professor of Applied Biochemistry at Nottingham. Fellow scientists know him as a Biomolecular Hydrodynamicist with over 350 publications & he is a Medallist of the Royal Society of Chemistry. The public know him for his work on Vikings and DNA, particularly in the region of his origins - Wirral, near Liverpool in NW England. Steve has appeared in many TV & radio broadcasts, featuring in all three series of ITV's highly acclaimed Lost Treasures and runs a popular blog with David Griffiths.
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Stephen Harding is a DSc from Pembroke College, Oxford. He was an Oppenheimer Fellow at Cambridge & is now Professor of Applied Biochemistry at Nottingham. Fellow scientists know him as a Biomolecular Hydrodynamicist with over 350 publications & he is a Medallist of the Royal Society of Chemistry. The public know him for his work on Vikings & DNA, particularly in the region of his origins - Wirral near Liverpool in NW England. Steve has appeared in many TV & radio broadcasts, featuring in all 3 series of UK ITV's highly acclaimed Lost Treasures & runs a popular blog with David Griffiths.
In recognition of his outstanding service to Norway in 2012 King Harald V made him a Knight of the First Class of den Kongelige Norske Fortjenstorden - the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit - the highest award to a foreigner who is not a Head of State.
In recognition of his outstanding service to Norway in 2012 King Harald V made him a Knight of the First Class of den Kongelige Norske Fortjenstorden - the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit - the highest award to a foreigner who is not a Head of State.
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